Hibi: Learn Japanese Kana

A new character on your lockscreen every morning. Hiragana, then katakana, then the sound rules that turn them into words. 106 days, two minutes each.

Hibi teaches you to read Japanese, one character a day, on the same screen you check hundreds of times per day.

Every morning a new character lands on your lockscreen. You glance at it, you read it, you move on. That is the whole habit. Two minutes today, two minutes tomorrow, and that compounds into memorizing Kana on a busy schedule.

THE RIGHT ORDER Hiragana, then katakana, then the sound rules that turn them into real words: dakuten, the small tsu, long vowels. 106 days, in gojūon order: the same order as every kana chart and Japanese keyboard you will ever use. Most apps open with kanji and let you drown in it. Hibi holds the line until you can actually read.

A WIDGET, NOT A NOTIFICATION The lockscreen widget is the appointment. It does not buzz, it does not beg, it does not guilt you at 9pm. It is simply there, showing today's character, whenever you pick up your phone. There is a home screen widget too.

WRITE IT YOURSELF Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke, in the order it is taught in Japan. Then you trace it with your finger and see exactly where you drifted.

SPACED REPETITION THAT RESPECTS YOUR TIME Reviews are scheduled by FSRS, the open algorithm serious learners use. Characters you know come back rarely. Characters you keep missing come back soon. You never grind through material you have already learned.

HEAR IT SPOKEN Every character and every example word is read aloud in Japanese, on device.

SEE THE YEAR FILL IN A contribution chart of every day you studied, and a streak that earns a hanko stamp at seven days, thirty, and a hundred.

BUILT LIKE A BOOK No confetti, no cartoon owl, no streak that screams at you. Noto Serif JP on bone white paper, one character per page. A Japanese book that happens to run on your phone.

YOUR PROGRESS STAYS ON YOUR PHONE No account server. Every character you have seen and every review lives in a database on your device, not on ours.

SUBSCRIPTION Hibi is a subscription. Start with 3 days free, then either:

• $49.99 per year, about $0.96 per week
• or $6.99 per week

The subscription is the whole app: every character, every review, stroke order, tracing, audio, and both widgets.

Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased.

Kanji and JLPT vocabulary are coming as free content updates.

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Questions, bugs, or a character you think is in the wrong place: hibiteam.app@gmail.com